After making it through the Eagles game without any major injuries I thought we had turned a corner, but alas it looks like LeGarrette Blount’s out for the immediate future and we’re probably not seeing Devin McCourty until the playoffs either as Jeff Howe reported he has a high ankle sprain.
Losing McCourty is manageable because of the depth at safety. Essentially it means Patrick Chung might be thrust into more coverage as could Tavon Wilson, Nate Ebner or Jordan Richards. But it’s a veteran group back there so you’d expect minimal dropoff as fast a communication goes.
If this was mid-season losing Blount would be a huge blow. But given what the Pats have left, they could give him a month off until they’d need him in the divisional round (assuming a bye of course). They should be able to beat the Titans without him, and running him head on into the Jets front is probably not the best strategy anyway. Then hopefully the game in Miami is meaningless.
Still, they need to add an early down back, and that could happen as soon as today. No idea who is out there, but there are a lot of harder positions to fill than an early down hard runner. And no, Jonas Gray is not available.
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